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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Enigmatic Entity on October 04, 2010, 06:32:44 pm

Title: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on October 04, 2010, 06:32:44 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsGyueVLvQ          (Go to Blender home page and follow links for HQ downloads)

I haven't watched this yet, I'm still deciding if I should download the high quality version, but the trailer was pretty good. The quality of this is as good as any "Hollywood" animated film, but only goes for 15 (excellent) minutes. Apparently it cost $400,000 in donations, etc :eek:

In the near future, you will be able to get DVDs with tutorials that will enable you to re-create the entire movie... :shaking:

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Shivan Hunter on October 04, 2010, 06:38:09 pm

Sad ending :( Kind of thought it would happen though

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Liberator on October 04, 2010, 07:05:07 pm

That was amazing.  Terribly happy and sad at the same time.

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: asyikarea51 on October 05, 2010, 12:38:46 am

And even then some things look off in some places, but if this is what FOSS is capable of doing (even though money's needed to cover the expenses, I guess that's inescapable, and no I'm not trying to downplay 400 grand here), then...

Respect!

As for the ending, well that... sucks... but who can blame reflex when

Spoiler:

the flame thrower is point-blank at your back... :sigh:

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Scourge of Ages on October 05, 2010, 04:00:02 am

That's some awesome stuff, and especially considering how few people worked on the movie itself (as compared to a full-length picture).
The open-source thing is just extra.

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Bobboau on October 05, 2010, 08:27:20 am

Quote from: Enigmatic Entity on October 04, 2010, 06:32:44 pm

Apparently it cost $400,000 in donations

imagine what could have been if they had put that money towards making the UI usable.

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on October 05, 2010, 08:34:06 am

You don't like the new 2.5x beta interface? It is better than the old one, but I don't like how some things have "disappeared" without a list of where they went...

I just finished watching the movie - the only thing I really noticed was the fact that their mouth movements weren't the most realistic...otherwise, things can be excusable in an animated film, especially for open source with so few people... ;)

The credits song was really nice...

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: T-LoW on October 05, 2010, 08:34:50 am

Beautiful scenes but the story feels rugged and quite poorly conceived - spoken on a higher level.

... that's so arrogant...

I like it :yes:

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Rodo on October 05, 2010, 08:54:28 am

I've seen the banner a couple of times in blender's site but never got to check it out, this is nice indeed... and also it makes me feel like an incompetent m fool for not being able to do such a thing with the same tools  :p

Title: Re: Sintel (Blender Open Movie Project, Movie 3)
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on October 10, 2010, 08:57:20 pm

You sort of think "look at those mistakes", etc, but then you realise what your Blender skills are like in comparison... :eek: I wonder how long it would take to complete the tutorial DVD?